Guitar Man (George Benson album)

Guitar Man is a studio album by George Benson. The album was released by Concord Jazz on October 4, 2011. Largely instrumental, it finds Benson revisiting his 1960s/early 1970s guitar playing roots with a twelve-song collection of covers of both jazz and pop standards overseen by producer John Burk.

Personnel

 * George Benson – guitar (1-12), arrangements (2-6, 8, 9), vocals (3, 8, 11, 12)
 * Ray Fuller – rhythm guitar (2)
 * Paul Jackson Jr. – rhythm guitar (2)
 * David Garfield – acoustic piano (2, 4, 11), keyboards (2-8, 12), arrangements (2, 4, 8, 11, 12), rhythm arrangements (7)
 * Joe Sample – acoustic piano (5, 8, 9, 12)
 * Chris Walden – keyboards (7), arrangements (7)
 * Freddie Washington – bass (2)
 * Ben Williams – bass (3-5, 7-9, 12)
 * Oscar Seaton Jr. – drums (2)
 * Harvey Mason – drums (3-5, 7-9, 12)
 * Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 5, 6, 12)
 * Dan Higgins – flute (2), alto flute (2), clarinet (2)
 * Charlie Bisharat – viola (2, 7), violin (2, 7)
 * Oscar Castro-Neves – orchestration (2)

Production

 * Producer – John Beck
 * Executive Producers – John Beck and Noel Lee
 * Recording Engineers – Mauricio Cajueiro, Geoff Gillette, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt and Yutaka Yokokura.
 * Additional Recording – Aran Lavi
 * Assistant Engineers – Aaron Mattes and Aaron Walk
 * Recorded at The Village Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Visual Rhythm Studios (Alhambra, CA); Porcupine Studios (London, UK); DB Studios (Tel Aviv, Israel).
 * Mixed by Seth Presant at The Village Studios (Los Angeles, California).
 * Mastered by Paul Blakemore at CMG Mastering (Cleveland, Ohio).
 * Art Direction – Larissa Collins
 * Design – Greg Allen
 * Photography – Marco Glaviano